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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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